Corvette K-225

Charles McGraw as Chief Engineer Jack Mulhall as Officer John James as Signalman John Whitney as Quartermaster Barry Fitzgerald as Stooky Jimmy Butler as Rating Arthur Stuart Hull as Civilian Anthony Marsh as RAF Officer Ella Raines as Joyce Cartwright Grandon Rhodes as Lieutenant James Flavin as 1st Lt. Bill Gardner Jack Luden as Merchant Marine Officer Gene O'Donnell as Wardroom Steward Oscar O'Shea as Capt. Smith Addison Richards as Cmdr. Rowland Freddie Steele as Quartermaster Walter Sande as Evans Frank Faylen as Shipyard Painter Paul Bryar as Stoker Eddie Dew as Crewman John Frederick as First Officer George O'Hanlon as RCAL Wireless Operator Randolph Scott as Lt. Cm. McClain Richard Crane as Leading Torpedo Man Thomas Gomez as Smithy Noah Beery Jr. as Stone David Bruce as Lt. Rawlins William Forrest as Commander Manning (uncredited), Commander Manning John Elliott as Merchant Captain John Mylong as Submarine Commander Milburn Stone as Canadian Captain Hooper Atchley as Civilian Oliver Blake as Cook Lester Matthews as British Captain Matt Willis as Roger Robert Mitchum as Sheppard Frank Mayo as Captain of Merchant Ship Morton Lowry as British Lieutenant Edmund MacDonald as Lt. LeBlanc Andy Devine as Walsh Frank Coghlan Jr. as Rating Vernon Downing as Officer James Brown as Lt. Paul Cartwright Murray Alper as Jones Martin Ashe as RAF Officer Rex Lease as Coxswain Charles Sherlock as First Mate Fuzzy Knight as Cricket Cliff Robertson as Lookout Holmes Herbert as Commodore Ramsay Ian Wolfe as Paymaster Commander Richard Lane as Vice Admiral Peter Lawford as Naval Officer Charles Cane as Workman Jimmie Dodd as Steward Nelson Leigh as Naval Officer

Tony Gaudio Director of Photography Richard Rosson Director Howard Hawks Producer